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Blue Jays lefty J.A. Happ set for mound return

J.A. Happ will start Wednesday for the first time since taking a line drive to the head on May 7.

Blue Jays starter J.A. Happ lies on the mound after being hit in the head by a line drive off the bat of Tampa Bay's Desmond Jennings during the second inning on May 7. (MIKE CARLSON / The Associated Press)

By The Associated Press

Tues., Aug. 6, 2013

SEATTLE—After three months out of the Blue Jays rotation, left-hander J.A. Happ is ready to make his return.

Happ spoke Tuesday before Toronto’s game against Seattle. He’ll make his first start for the Jays since May 7 on Wednesday when Toronto closes out a three-game series against the Mariners.

Happ suffered a skull fracture and a sprained right knee when he fell to the ground in pain after being struck behind the left ear by a liner off the bat of Tampa Bay’s Desmond Jennings on May 7. Happ left the field on a stretcher and spent the night in hospital.

Happ said he could have pitched through the head injury. What delayed his return to the rotation was the knee injury, where he strained a pair of ligaments.

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